Comments for Adventures at Midlife http://metafootnotes.com msmeta's musings on the meaning of life at middle age — and beyond. Mon, 10 May 2010 23:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Jane Austen and (eek!) modern moral instruction by byjane http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/04/jane-austen-and-eek-modern-moral-instruction/#comment-972 byjane Mon, 10 May 2010 23:42:14 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1203#comment-972 Indeed.... Indeed….

]]> Comment on Jane Austen and (eek!) modern moral instruction by Duchess http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/04/jane-austen-and-eek-modern-moral-instruction/#comment-971 Duchess Mon, 10 May 2010 21:44:02 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1203#comment-971 When we last met we were discussing duty... I don't think I can quite claim you have a duty to your sometime followers. But perhaps you have raised expectations. Our own dear Jane might have thought you had also raised some small obligations -- at least to say good bye. If you need encouragement that there are those still interested in your voice, you have it. When we last met we were discussing duty… I don’t think I can quite claim you have a duty to your sometime followers. But perhaps you have raised expectations. Our own dear Jane might have thought you had also raised some small obligations — at least to say good bye.

If you need encouragement that there are those still interested in your voice, you have it.

]]> Comment on Jane Austen and (eek!) modern moral instruction by Duchess http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/04/jane-austen-and-eek-modern-moral-instruction/#comment-969 Duchess Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:48:26 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1203#comment-969 Come on, Ms M, we want some more about that old fashioned drug store you hung out in after hours. You've been quiet for too long. Come on, Ms M, we want some more about that old fashioned drug store you hung out in after hours. You’ve been quiet for too long.

]]> Comment on Jane Austen and (eek!) modern moral instruction by byjane http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/04/jane-austen-and-eek-modern-moral-instruction/#comment-920 byjane Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:01:55 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1203#comment-920 Haven't read the WSJ piece but I've read enough Austen scholarship to say---hmmmmm, one could (and has) argued both sides, not to mention somewhere in the middle. Austen people are ferocious in believing that They Know Jane. I used to be an Austen person, so all points of view are rallying 'round my brain. Haven’t read the WSJ piece but I’ve read enough Austen scholarship to say—hmmmmm, one could (and has) argued both sides, not to mention somewhere in the middle. Austen people are ferocious in believing that They Know Jane. I used to be an Austen person, so all points of view are rallying ’round my brain.

]]> Comment on Jane Austen and (eek!) modern moral instruction by msmeta http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/04/jane-austen-and-eek-modern-moral-instruction/#comment-916 msmeta Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:51:10 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1203#comment-916 Ah, <em>duty</em>. What a quaint concept. Austen's characters — her <em>decent</em> ones, anyway — have such a strong sense of duty to family and society. I think that's another thing that has been lost, or at least watered-down, over the years. Ah, duty. What a quaint concept. Austen’s characters — her decent ones, anyway — have such a strong sense of duty to family and society. I think that’s another thing that has been lost, or at least watered-down, over the years.

]]> Comment on Jane Austen and (eek!) modern moral instruction by Duchess http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/04/jane-austen-and-eek-modern-moral-instruction/#comment-915 Duchess Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:50:42 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1203#comment-915 Well, hell, everyone wants to be Lizzie. And clearly it is not possible to understand either Austen's novels or her life without understanding the concept of duty. Well, hell, everyone wants to be Lizzie.

And clearly it is not possible to understand either Austen’s novels or her life without understanding the concept of duty.

]]> Comment on My (not so) Great American Novel by msmeta http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/02/my-not-so-great-american-novel/#comment-913 msmeta Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:31:37 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1194#comment-913 Thanks, dear. I'll definitely be showing off the "baby" when it's a little more presentable. Only two more weeks until we get to see you! Thanks, dear. I’ll definitely be showing off the “baby” when it’s a little more presentable.

Only two more weeks until we get to see you!

]]> Comment on My (not so) Great American Novel by msmeta http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/02/my-not-so-great-american-novel/#comment-912 msmeta Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:30:42 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1194#comment-912 That you would compare me with Trollope, even in passing... Sigh. That you would compare me with Trollope, even in passing… Sigh.

]]> Comment on My (not so) Great American Novel by msmeta http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/02/my-not-so-great-american-novel/#comment-911 msmeta Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:29:53 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1194#comment-911 I sincerely doubt the celestial connection, at least in my case. Sorry about the wrong address. Now that I think of it, I vaguely remember your jumping the WordPress ship sometime last year, eh? I sincerely doubt the celestial connection, at least in my case.
Sorry about the wrong address. Now that I think of it, I vaguely remember your jumping the WordPress ship sometime last year, eh?

]]> Comment on My (not so) Great American Novel by byjane http://metafootnotes.com/2009/12/02/my-not-so-great-american-novel/#comment-910 byjane Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:44:18 +0000 http://metafootnotes.com/?p=1194#comment-910 Congratulations. I only know two people who have finished NaNoWriMo and you're both Mormons. Is there some celestial connection??? BTW, if I'm the Jane you're linking to, it's blogspot not wordpress. Congratulations. I only know two people who have finished NaNoWriMo and you’re both Mormons. Is there some celestial connection???

BTW, if I’m the Jane you’re linking to, it’s blogspot not wordpress.

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